FLOWERING ALMOND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flowering almond mean? 

• FLOWERING ALMOND (noun)
  The noun FLOWERING ALMOND has 2 senses:

1. deciduous Chinese shrub or small tree with often trilobed leaves grown for its pink-white flowers

2. woody oriental plant with smooth unfurrowed red fruit grown especially for its white or pale pink blossoms

  Familiarity information: FLOWERING ALMOND used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLOWERING ALMOND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deciduous Chinese shrub or small tree with often trilobed leaves grown for its pink-white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

flowering almond; Prunus triloba

Hypernyms ("flowering almond" is a kind of...):

almond tree (any of several small bushy trees having pink or white blossoms and usually bearing nuts)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Woody oriental plant with smooth unfurrowed red fruit grown especially for its white or pale pink blossoms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

flowering almond; oriental bush cherry; Prunus japonica

Hypernyms ("flowering almond" is a kind of...):

almond tree (any of several small bushy trees having pink or white blossoms and usually bearing nuts)